Lantern



' y11, 1930. G. F. HITCHCOCK 1,768,763

LANTERN med July 2, 1928 ,2 Sheets-Sheet 1 y 1930. a, F. HITCHQCOCK I 1,768,763

' LANTERN Filed July 2, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 'MEEKS; Q1? 'HARBISfCQU'NTY,

" application fiieimy 2,

This invention relatesto new and useful improvements nalantern} v '1.

One ob ect of the invention is to; provide a lantern of the character described which has been'sp'eciall-y designed "forluse in giving signals and is equipped with a bail,

or handle, which is-hingedtoj'thej globe guard,- or lantern frameyand which is I equipped with means for renderingsaidbail rigid, with respect to said trame,1when de- Another object .ofrthe invention is to provide a lantern, of the character described having a novel type ofhood adapted to receive the upper endof'the lantern'Lglobe and forlnedto. fit difierent types of globes.

Another obj ect I of the invention; is to .pro- Vids 1 in -a lantern a "novel type of flame guard which serves-also as a seat to-receive the lower end of the globe.

A still further feature of the inventio resides in the provision of means for maintaining the lantern in the frame in its proper shape said means also vforming anchors: for the attachment of the bail thereto. a 1

With the above and other objects in view; the invention has particular relation to oer tain novel features of construction, operation and arrangement of parts an example of which is given-in this specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein Figure 1 shows a vertical sectional view I of the lantern. v p

. Figure 2' shows a side view thereof partly broken away. V

Figure 3 shows a y vertical sectional view of the globe hood. 1

Figure & shows a cross, sectional view). thereon, taken on the 'line H'jof Fig ure 3. r

Figure 5 shows a planview of the burner guard and Figure tional view thereof.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings wherein like numerals of reference designate similar parts in'each of the Figures, the numeral 1 designates the base of the lantern which is provided with a per forated upstanding annular band 2 and lo-l "and the ends of the bail 16 are hingedto the upper ends of the bars 14.: lhe'reis a'sleeve 7 lZslidable onthe Thi's'sleeye may be 'tbyemtrace the hinge b ct S7 v6frl o rle end of the bail andthe,,corresp ondingend ofa bar 14. When in'such positionthegbail'flwill be held 6 shows a vertical sec-L, I I v a 14. Thereis a spring .pre'ssedjdog 18 piv;

' sleeve in such position;

.1. If desired key; 19 7 through ithefsleeve 7 and through the eye 7 isas; s rial No."

sated within the'upper part of said band is a guard whose. upper margins is in-'- ,war ll curved. This guard has an external "annularfi'ange 5 spacedbeneath the upper 7 i end thereof and whose rim'6'upsta'nds there- 55 from and is outwardly curved and fitsover' 3"there'is a conventional oil container "8,,

having theburner 9 secured thereto, which 7 is equipped withtlie usual wick adjusting shaftl0. This shaft works through onset, the slots 10 cut in the upper edge of the guard 3. Said guardhasan annular. row ofperforations 3.beneathi the flange, 5 f through 'which air may besupplied to the burn'er. Thenuineral 11 designates a donie whose sides are perforated. The dome has a downwardly :flared skirt 12. cage like 7 structure 13: is secured to f this skirt, and forms 'a' guard or frame which surrounds movedQinto active 'position as "shown. so .as

substantially rigid with-respectto said bars oted to sai d'sleevel7 andzadapted toengage the corresponding 7 bracket 151 1 .0 i hold said ,may inserted of ithejaadjacentgend of thef'bail to andrests on the upper margin of the bandfi.

The bottom of the globe 7 is fitted" between the rim 6 and; the upper po'rtion of the gua'rd 3 and rests on the flange 5. Abovethe base ofthe lantern and surrounded by the guard r said isleeve 17 may above the hinge o1nt and it will be. held in such ,Sll portin position by the engage 'tha "bg 18 against t-he e e 20. ere IS a downwardly flared hood 1 whose upper end is reduced and formed with This flange 22 e i i F gura v so'that globes'of different dimensions may beused. The hood is held 1 ieldingly against the lobe by a coil spring 21 mummlly: extemling annul fla ge 22- nalnotches 23, 23 and the inner side of ledome 11 has the oppositely disposed'in wardly extending pins 24, 24. When itlis g desired to assemble the hood with 'thedome, theyslets 23 are brought into registration with tbe pins2 and then moved upwardly until the flange22' is above the pins 24: and theiiytnrned to carry the slots 23, out of Y rntioujw'ith saidpins. Thellow'er end i the insidefseat25 which on the upper end of the type of globe inQFiguresl and2. In case another of lobe is used its upper end will exl lad up' furtherinfthe hood as indicatedjin 'Tliis'type vof hood 7 which 'islinterpose' between'the 11 per end of the dome' and the upper end 0 the f It to be noted that the seat 25 fits against the upper end 1 of .the globe and when in this position the flange 122 will;

slightly above the pi'ns24 so that the has oppositely disposed-513mb hood willrest yieldinglyagainst the upper the globe, The up er end of the u fhood21' has the opening 2 'to permit the heat and smoke to pass out and also has I ZWhat'I claim is v 1. In a lantern having a frame, a base,

and a bail; side bars incorporated into the fiame whose lower ends are connected to,

the--base;-and to the upper end of which the respecti e. ends of t e bail are hingedly connected, and a sleeve elidable on sci ball and movable into position over one of the hingesby which .the bail is co t d qsald bafs toj render the bail substantially I'i id "with respect"to "said bars and a yielda ly fmopnted dog carried by the sleeve and enageable with the frame to hold said sleeve n active position. 7 a

2; Ina lantern havin a frame, a globe therein a base eonnec to the lower part of the irame and'havi'ng an'upstanding per- 'forated' band," and an'oil centainer on said ba'sehaving a burner; a perforated guard around the burner havingan outside seat pn which' the lower end of; the globe reds, said-1 seat having an upstandingrim which fits; around the lower end of the globe and whose-margin is outwardly curved and rests on theupper margin ofsa'id band, side bars incorporated into the frame whose lower ends are inwardly turned and extend through said band underneath the oil container and a bail connected to the upper ends of'said'side bars. v a, In testimony whereof I have signed my -nameto thisspecification; i H I 7' l H :iu GUY F. HITCHCOCK.

an annular row ofperforations 28 for a sim ilar purpose;

, If the bail were" attached only to the I end of the frame the said frame would have a tendency to lengthen, or stretch, with V ilse, permitting the globe to become loose in the frame and to rattle, and to prevent this side bars 14 have been'p rovided L with their lower ends connected to the Ian upperiends'thereof. The joint between" the lower end of the and, the'flange 5' will be practically I airftightbut ij'fth'ejair enters around the t 5o and with'the bail secured to the the upger edge ofthe guard 3 and thus 7 V ffWhile I-have shown what I new coniigiaifsriithei Preferred m, of the invention l'l ous-that mechanical changes may befmade therein a and equivalents substituted for the parts shown and I reserve the right to make such mechanical changes and sub- 7' stitutions as may befound desirable within thejscope of the appended claims. 

